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Individuals 14 May 2009 | 01:54 am
Percentage of U.S. population who are non-Asian minorities: 28% Percentage by which GDP is decreased due to an "education gap", as estimated by McKinsey and Company: 9-16% Ratio of those numbers: 32...
Removing All Doubts 1 May 2009 | 03:41 am
Ross Douthat, in an Atlantic column, called out Linda Hirshman on subsidies: ... if you're more of a Linda Hirshman-style feminist, on the other hand, you'll probably prefer the Scandinavian model, w...
No Banana 28 Apr 2009 | 10:39 pm
I think most of Randy Barnett's proposed Federalism Amendments are admirable, though some would have extreme consequences which are difficult to fully fathom before the fact. But one mistake is being ...
All the Hot Buttons 25 Apr 2009 | 12:40 am
Six [6] protestors are gathered, if that's the word, outside AIG's London offices. They are holding signs protesting the existence of Huntington Life Sciences, so I guess they are affiliated with the ...
Yale's Congressional Delegation 5 Apr 2009 | 08:54 am
Dealbreaker transcribes Rosa DeLauro's (D-CT) explanation of the credit crisis: One through nine, no maybes, no supposes, no fractions. You can't travel in space, you can't go out into space, you kno...
Strong Language 4 Apr 2009 | 10:25 pm
I am not the first to notice this passage from Light in August, but it merits reproduction. One wall of the study is lined with books. He pauses before them, seeking, until he finds the one he wants....
Before the Cascade 3 Apr 2009 | 12:50 am
I was thinking of an old post about "preference cascades" (linked here but the original seems to be gone): This illustrates, in a mild way, the reason why totalitarian regimes collapse so suddenly. (...
Looks Like a Nail 31 Mar 2009 | 08:11 pm
[Reposted from Chequer-Board; dated 8 May 2008.] Will Wilkinson, while criticizing "unreflective anti-gubmint reactions of libertarians to the FLDS imbroglio", still prefers to limit his justificatio...
How To Poison a Well 31 Mar 2009 | 02:07 am
Glenn Reynolds points to Congressman John Murtha's defense of his aggressive earmarking practices: “‘If I’m corrupt, it’s because I take care of my district,’ Mr. Murtha said.” And the beneficiaries ...
Well, I'm Back 31 Mar 2009 | 02:05 am
Congratulations to Mr. Yousefzadeh on his new role. Over the next few weeks I will be cross-posting archived items from Chequer-Board, possibly with minor updates, and also generating a little new con...
